diff --git a/rusk/CHANGELOG.md b/rusk/CHANGELOG.md
index 322a1b3024..2eafdd0ab3 100644
--- a/rusk/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/rusk/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,14 +7,18 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [1.0.1] - 2025-01-20
+
 ### Added
 
 - Add `Rusk-Version-Strict` header for version match
+- Add support for `cargo install`
 
 ### Changed
 
 - Change `check_rusk_version` to ignore pre-release by default
 - Increase archive channel capacity from 1000 to 10000 [#3359]
+- Change `/static/drivers/wallet-core.wasm` to embed version `1.0.0`
 
 ## [1.0.0] - 2025-01-05
 
@@ -311,7 +315,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 [#290]: https://github.com/dusk-network/rusk/issues/290
 
 
-[unreleased]: https://github.com/dusk-network/rusk/compare/rusk-1.0.0...HEAD
+[unreleased]: https://github.com/dusk-network/rusk/compare/rusk-1.0.1...HEAD
+[1.0.1]: https://github.com/dusk-network/rusk/compare/rusk-1.0.0...rusk-1.0.1
 [1.0.0]: https://github.com/dusk-network/rusk/compare/v0.8.0...rusk-1.0.0
 [0.8.0]: https://github.com/dusk-network/rusk/compare/v0.7.0...v0.8.0
 [0.7.0]: https://github.com/dusk-network/rusk/compare/v0.6.0...v0.7.0
diff --git a/rusk/Cargo.toml b/rusk/Cargo.toml
index 8f27a84c1f..006e2eedbc 100644
--- a/rusk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rusk/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 [package]
-name = "rusk"
-version = "1.0.1-dev"
+name = "dusk-rusk"
+version = "1.0.2-dev"
 edition = "2021"
 autobins = false
 
+description = "Rusk is the Dusk Network node implementation"
+repository = "https://github.com/dusk-network/rusk"
+categories = ["cryptography", "cryptography::cryptocurrencies"]
+keywords = ["dusk", "cryptocurrency", "blockchain", "node"]
+license = "MPL-2.0"
+
+
 [lib]
 name = "rusk"
 path = "src/lib/lib.rs"
diff --git a/rusk/src/assets/wallet_core-1.0.0.wasm b/rusk/src/assets/wallet_core-1.0.0.wasm
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ea046b8ebd
Binary files /dev/null and b/rusk/src/assets/wallet_core-1.0.0.wasm differ
diff --git a/rusk/src/lib/http.rs b/rusk/src/lib/http.rs
index a6fbf79193..dec08ceacb 100644
--- a/rusk/src/lib/http.rs
+++ b/rusk/src/lib/http.rs
@@ -820,9 +820,7 @@ where
 
     #[cfg(feature = "http-wasm")]
     if path == "/static/drivers/wallet-core.wasm" {
-        let wallet_wasm = include_bytes!(
-            "../../../target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/dusk_wallet_core.wasm"
-        );
+        let wallet_wasm = include_bytes!("../assets/wallet_core-1.0.0.wasm");
         let mut response =
             Response::new(Full::from(wallet_wasm.to_vec()).into());
         response.headers_mut().append(